TRANSPORT- Chicago Ridge Rabbits (IL) RESOLVED

[Kpink]

I will look for Hayley's email. I am so happy to help!!!!!:biggrin2:

 

[Haley]

Thank you so much Kelly! And we're glad you joined RO- welcome!

I gotta run tonight but I'll message you tomorrow. We are thinking next Sunday (8/17) if that works for you. It should be around 5 bunnies in carriers.

Thanks again!

 

[bellapsyd]

sunday or saturday?

 

[Kpink]

Works for me, Hayley!!! Look forward to hearing from you!!

 

[Kpink]

LOL We are crossing each other......Saturday works better for me, but I can do Sunday if needed.

 

[naturestee]

Kelly you are awesome!:great:

I can't wait to see these bunners safe and sound.

 

[Kpink]

Here's my story.....almost 2 years ago I bought 2 mini lops (brother & sister) from a small breeder in Sullivan, IL. They only had occaisional litters I was told. Absolutely fell in love with these precious creatures. Sammy and Dori brought so much joy and comfort to me I can't tell you. They were originally for my son and daughter but quickly became "my babies". We had Sammy neutered. Left Dori intact because she was so small I was terrified to take her in. About 2 months ago, my friend, the vet tech. gave me a scary talk about getting Dori spayed to keep her from getting cancer and helping her live longer. She was my most beloved baby....we had a connection and she was very partial to me. .....tons of personality this little one had....I don't have enough time to tell it all. So I sucked it up and took her in after telling the vet how scared I was to do this because she was so small......it was a rabbit savy vet and she assured me Dori will be much better off. I cried the night before because I didn't want to take her in. I wanted to take my chances because I couldn't bear the thought of losing her. But I knew it was for the best, so I did. She had an allergic reaction to the anesthesia and died. THey did all they could for her and we kept trying things until it became apparent she was in pain.The vetcried, the vet tech cried and I had to put her to sleep. I cried for 2 weeks over that little baby, and am crying as I type this. Sammy was sad he didn't know what to do. I looked at all the bunnies for adoption on Bunspace but all were so far away. I lucked upon a little guy in a rescue shelter in a small town about 45 min. from me on Petfinder.com. We took him and he and Sammy bonded immediately. They are bestest buds now, and after losing my precious Dori, I knew if I could ever help a bun find a good home, I would do what I could.



I am happy to help transport these buns. Thank you for allowing me to help.

Kelly

 

[JadeIcing]

Bless you. I cried reading your post.

Kpink wrote:

Here's my story.....almost 2 years ago I bought 2 mini lops (brother & sister) from a small breeder in Sullivan, IL. They only had occaisional litters I was told. Absolutely fell in love with these precious creatures. Sammy and Dori brought so much joy and comfort to me I can't tell you. They were originally for my son and daughter but quickly became "my babies". We had Sammy neutered. Left Dori intact because she was so small I was terrified to take her in. About 2 months ago, my friend, the vet tech. gave me a scary talk about getting Dori spayed to keep her from getting cancer and helping her live longer. She was my most beloved baby....we had a connection and she was very partial to me. .....tons of personality this little one had....I don't have enough time to tell it all. So I sucked it up and took her in after telling the vet how scared I was to do this because she was so small......it was a rabbit savy vet and she assured me Dori will be much better off. I cried the night before because I didn't want to take her in. I wanted to take my chances because I couldn't bear the thought of losing her. But I knew it was for the best, so I did. She had an allergic reaction to the anesthesia and died. THey did all they could for her and we kept trying things until it became apparent she was in pain.The vetcried, the vet tech cried and I had to put her to sleep. I cried for 2 weeks over that little baby, and am crying as I type this. Sammy was sad he didn't know what to do. I looked at all the bunnies for adoption on Bunspace but all were so far away. I lucked upon a little guy in a rescue shelter in a small town about 45 min. from me on Petfinder.com. We took him and he and Sammy bonded immediately. They are bestest buds now, and after losing my precious Dori, I knew if I could ever help a bun find a good home, I would do what I could.



I am happy to help transport these buns. Thank you for allowing me to help.

Kelly

 

[bellapsyd]

oh how awful. I have an older female that had never been spayed (I assume- she was a rescue not from a shelter). I am afraid of her passing from c ancer, but more afraid of her dying from anesthesia at this point.

Kpink wrote:

Here's my story.....almost 2 years ago I bought 2 mini lops (brother & sister) from a small breeder in Sullivan, IL. They only had occaisional litters I was told. Absolutely fell in love with these precious creatures. Sammy and Dori brought so much joy and comfort to me I can't tell you. They were originally for my son and daughter but quickly became "my babies". We had Sammy neutered. Left Dori intact because she was so small I was terrified to take her in. About 2 months ago, my friend, the vet tech. gave me a scary talk about getting Dori spayed to keep her from getting cancer and helping her live longer. She was my most beloved baby....we had a connection and she was very partial to me. .....tons of personality this little one had....I don't have enough time to tell it all. So I sucked it up and took her in after telling the vet how scared I was to do this because she was so small......it was a rabbit savy vet and she assured me Dori will be much better off. I cried the night before because I didn't want to take her in. I wanted to take my chances because I couldn't bear the thought of losing her. But I knew it was for the best, so I did. She had an allergic reaction to the anesthesia and died. THey did all they could for her and we kept trying things until it became apparent she was in pain.The vetcried, the vet tech cried and I had to put her to sleep. I cried for 2 weeks over that little baby, and am crying as I type this. Sammy was sad he didn't know what to do. I looked at all the bunnies for adoption on Bunspace but all were so far away. I lucked upon a little guy in a rescue shelter in a small town about 45 min. from me on Petfinder.com. We took him and he and Sammy bonded immediately. They are bestest buds now, and after losing my precious Dori, I knew if I could ever help a bun find a good home, I would do what I could.



I am happy to help transport these buns. Thank you for allowing me to help.

Kelly

 

[BlueFrog]

:group:

Today has been full of terrible lows, and now this amazing high. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!!!!! Words can't express how much this means to a lot of people, myself included.

Bless Leaf's heart, she PM'd me to say she doesn't have a set number she must stay within, so "let's make this transport count." So talk to me people - how many small (and one not so small) cat carriers can your vehicles handle? Let's get these buns to safety!!!

bellapsyd, let's plan on my bringing the buns to you in Darien.

 

[bellapsyd]

that's excellent! I can PM you my address when you are ready.

I don't have any big vehicles, but I believe I can take six. Three across the back seat, 2 on the floor of the backseat, one in the passengers lap. I am not sure how safe it is to stack a carrier on top of the ones in the back seat floor- but if you deem it to be ok for the buns, I can add two more on for a total of 8.

should I take the alert off of bunspace?

Did we decide on Saturday morning?

 

[BlueFrog]

I routinely stack buns two high in carriers without any problems.

Saturday or Sunday is fine by me.

 

[bellapsyd]

ok then 8 carriers works for me. I have a ford 500 if that helps visualize.

 

[lagadvocate]

Hi guys, just jumping in here real quick...been doing most of my communication in PM with Haley. Ok so Angoragirl...Haley said you would prefer STL to Union. That's fine with me, I will plan on doing Vandalia to STL.

Saturday would be optimal for me, Sunday is iffy-possibly could be done but Saturday would be best so I'm hoping that's what ends up being the day. I've done 6 carriers double stacked and secured in my backseat driving a Hyndai Elantra, I suppose 8 could happen, but my front passengerseat will be occupado so I'll just have to get creative in the back

 

[Kpink]

My friend tried to comfort me. She said this was rare, but did happen. The vet felt so sorry, and I felt responsible. I understand it was just a rare thing but I was devastated. I don't blame you for being scared of the anesthesia. It's very scarey. Everytime Iread abouta bun on bunspace talk about going in for a spay, I say a special prayer for the bun, Mommy, and vet.

 

[Haley]

Wow Kpink, Im so sorry. Thats a fear all of us have when we send our little ones in for any type of surgery. At least your little one had a mommy who loved her so deeply - Im sure she knew it.

Regaring the transport- it seems like everyone wants to do Saturday. I just have to wait to hear from Leaf to be sure that works for her (shes the one who originally suggested Sunday instead). Hopefully Saturday (8/16) will work!

 

[Kpink]

Sounds good to me. I may not be online until tomorrow evening, but just let me know what time to be in Gilmore and I will be there.

There was some talk about how many buns exactly were going to be transported. I will be in a Chevy Equinox, so I should be able to put quite a few in there if need be.

Thank you for this opportunity to help out.

 

[foxflower]

I live in Berwyn and adopted my Netherland Dwarf the beginning of the year from the Animal Welfare League in Chicago Ridge. They had tons of rabbits then ..I had no idea they euthanize.

Anyway, I work long hours during the week but can do transport from the Chicago area on weekends and can foster if needed. Also, if the situation stays the same and there is room for them in shelters going East, I am traveling to New York State in early September and anything on that route I can drive...we have a van. I know we never know in advance how many rabbits will be there, but if we could empty the shelter out to East Coast shelters at least they could start from scratch and give them a week or so breather? Okay...so I am a little looney with some looney ideas

Would love to take another rabbit in, but I just got through bonding my two and it took 6 months and the Californian is still jealous. I have temporary room and a spare "condo" but we are already pretty stacked with 9 parrots and the 2 rabbits I was so glad to take the 2nd condo down when the 2 finally bonded. I can always put it back up, seal off the two floors and foster a couple or house a couple to await transport if needed.

It is so sad for me to visit those sad little faces at the Shelter. My husband is fearful every time I go as he is afraid I will come home with new family members lol.

Anyway, keep me in mind. In a few months things will free up a little more for me also after my sister gets moved in. Then there will be two of us to share the work!

 

[Leaf]

Leaf wrote:

At first thought - Saturday works better for me because I work Sunday evenings (overnight).

However - whatever works. I'll put a vacation day on hold for Sunday in case anything comes up and Sunday would work out better.

Haley wrote:

Regaring the transport- it seems like everyone wants to do Saturday. I just have to wait to hear from Leaf to be sure that works for her (shes the one who originally suggested Sunday instead). Hopefully Saturday (8/16) will work!

Saturday is better for me, but I can put Sunday on hold just in case anything falls through. I have to be at work at 8:30 pm on Sundays which can be a pain when I have a lot to do during the day.

 

[Haley]

Lets plan on Saturday, August 16th since that works for everyone. We'll aim to get this started around 10 AM (if that works for Blue Frog to get the buns pulled at that time). That puts them getting to Leaf in Union around 5 or so.

I have to be gone all day today but I'll work on meeting times and places tomorrow.

BlueFrog, will you be the one pulling them from the shelter Saturday morning? If so, what time should we plan on getting the transport rolling? Should Bellepsyd meet you at the shelter or can you take the buns to her?